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LHC provisionally allows Sabtain to contest elections LAHORE: A full bench of the Lahore High Court Thursday provisionally allowed PML-N Candidate Syed Gulzar Sabtain to contest elections from NA-145, Okara, after suspending Returning Officer and election tribunal orders which declared him ineligible.The full bench comprising Justice Syed Ijaz ul Ahsan, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi passed the order while hearing a petition filed by syed Gulzar Sabtain challenging orders of returning officer and election tribunal against him.Earlier, respondent Syed Samsam Bukhari's counsel apprised bench that the petitioner concealed assets and involved in water theft case.However, the petitioner's counsel submitted that the assets referred had been sold in 2009 whereas the petitioner was not involved in any case of water theft.The bench after hearing the arguments provisionally allowed Syed Gulzar Sabtain to contest elections and sought record by April 29.Meanwhile, the bench adjourned hearing of a petition filed by former minister ...

Sindh CM condemned Karachi blast KARACHI: Caretaker Chief Minister of Sindh Justice (Retd) Zahid Kurban Alavi has condemned the explosion near election office of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and called for a report about the incident from the Inspector General of Police. In a statement issued here on Thursday, the Chief Minister ordered deployment of police and Rangers around the offices of all political parties for security purposes. He asked them to take measures for improvement of law and order ...
PML-N women wing rally held MULTAN: PML-N women wing organized a rally here on Thursday from Gol Bagh to Gardezi market to muster support for their party candidates contesting from different constituencies in the city. The rally was led by former special advisor for Chief Minister Sultana Shaheen and former MNA Shaheen Shafiq. The party workes held placards and pamphlets inscribed with slogans in favor of Mian Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif. Shaheena Shafiq urged people to vote in favour of PML-N for ...
PPP to hold selective election rallies: Sharmila ISLAMABAD: Senior Pakistan Peoples Party leader and former advisor to Sindh Chief Minister Sharmila Farooqui said on Tuesday that the PPP candidates were running effective door-to- door campaign but in the coming days selective big rallies will be arranged.Talking to APP, she said that PPP leadership was not afraid of threats of the extremist forces but safety of its workers was also priority of the PPP. She said that the PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari ...
Musharraf's counsel expressed no-confidence on SC bench ISLAMABAD: Former President Pervez Musharraf's counsel Ahmed Raza Kasuri on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that his client, General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf, had no-confidence in the apex Court's bench hearing the treason case against the former ruler. The two-member bench headed by Justice Jawad S Khawaja resumed hearing of five identical petitions against Pervez Musharraf seeking his trial under Article 6 of the Constitution for imposing emergency and subverting the Constitution in 2007. During ...
PM reshuffles federal secretaries, Chief Commissioner Islamabad ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Justice (Retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso Tuesday approved the transfer and postings of federal secretaries and senior officers including Chief Commissioner Islamabad.According to a spokesman of the Prime Minister's House, the Prime Minister has approved the transfer of Shahid Rashid presently posted as secretary Information Technology to same position in Ministry of Industries on the retirement of Zafar Mehmood.Zafar Qadir presently OSD has been posted as Secretary Ministry of Information Technology. Abdul ...
LHC provisionally allows eight candidates to contest elections LAHORE: A full bench of the Lahore High Court Tuesday provisionally allowed eight candidates to contest elections.The bench ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to include name of Nadeem Sarwar,Ch. Zubair Ahmad, Nazir Ahmad, Tanvir Ahmad, Ch. Mukhtar Ahmad, Nadeem Gohar and Rana Muhammad Farooq in valid candidates list.However, the bench linked the interim order with final decision on their petitions.The bench, comprising Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice ...

 



 
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